Checking in with you… and how YOU can HELP!

Good morning! If you are on campus… it is R U OK? day today and there are a load of services in the Agora around to check in with you. If you are not OK, and have thought about suicide, or have even made a plan, please check in with someone, or contact our counselling service which are on each of our campuses.

La Trobe University is concerned with student well being, and have a lot of services that currently cater for our needs, however, they are conducting a study to better understand our needs, and the results of this study will be used to more effectively design strategies to support our well being.

La Trobe University Student Mental Wellbeing Study

The Details:

By collecting general information about students mental wellbeing and course experience, it is hoped this research will help to improve educational environments at La Trobe University. The findings of this study may also be shared with researchers from other universities, with the aim of improving university student wellbeing generally.

Participants in the survey will be eligible to win one of ten $100 Coles vouchers.

This survey will take about 15-20 min to complete. It will ask some general background questions, and ask you to rate the importance of some factors in your student experience and wellbeing.

The confidentiality of your response is absolutely assured. The survey is anonymous, and results will be reported in general and statistical form only. To preserve your anonymity, a separate link will be included at the end of the survey for those who wish to enter the prize draw. The contact details gathered for the prize draw will be kept separate from any survey data.

The survey is not designed for diagnostic or clinical purposes. Participation in this survey is voluntary and will have no impact on your studies. Students invited to participate have been selected randomly from the students in your school. In order to participate, you must be aged 18 years or older. In the past, response rates from men and international students have been lower than for other cohorts, so if you belong to these groups, please consider participating.